Sept - Oct 2012 Film Guide

Tue 4 2.30pm & 6pm Wed 5 8.30pm

Fri 7

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Manhattan 12A Isaac has a job he hates, a seventeenyear-old girlfriend he doesn’t love and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill, whom he’s like to strangle. But his search for romance and fulfilment really begins when he meets his best friend's sexy, intellectual mistress, Mary, and falls head over heels in lust!

A must-see for any Allen fan, this insightful film biography chronicles his career from stand-up comedian to writer-director averaging a filmper-year for 40 years. Look out for our season of classic Woody Allen comedies – Manhattan, Annie Hall and Vicky Cristina Barcelona

DIRECTOR: Woody Allen STARRING: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep & Mariel Hemingway USA, 1979, 1 hour 37 minutes, black and white

DIRECTOR: Robert B. Weide STARRING: Woody Allen, Penélope Cruz, Martin Scorsese & Diane Keaton USA, 2011, 1 hour 53 minutes

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Annie Hall 15

Vicky Cristina Barcelona 12A

Reflecting on his break-up with ditsy, free-spirited WASP Annie Hall, neurotic stand-up comedian Alvy Singer muses over his romantic history. Is reconciliation with Annie possible or will Alvy just make the same mistakes again?

When two young Americans with opposing ideas of love and romance encounter a laid back Latin seducer events take a surprising turn, then get crazier still when his mad ex-wife Maria enters the picture.

Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen & Diane Keaton USA, 1977, 1 hour 32 minutes

OCT Tue 2 6pm

Director: Woody Allen Starring: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz USA, 2008, 1 hour 39 minutes

OCT Wed 10 8.30pm

Oska Bright Film Festival at The Courtyard Thu 20 September 1.30pm Oska Bright “On The Road” presents a varied and inspiring range of short films including animations, documentaries and dramas, from the UK and abroad, all created by film-makers with learning disabilities. It’s a unique look at using film to express people’s diversity and power.

For more information look online at www.oskabright.co.uk Tickets £5, Concessions £3.50

La Grande Illusion

Restored for its 75th birthday, this effortlessly entertaining and deeply humane story of soldiers trying to escape from a POW camp shows how it's possible to overcome national boundaries and political divisions by treating others with respect and decency.

OCT

Brave

Sat 6 2.30pm Sun 7 2.30pm Tue 9 6pm

Simultaneously personal, political and philosophical: astronomers in the Atacama desert peer deep into the cosmos in a search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for the bodies of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

Directors: Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman STARRING: (Voices of) Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly & Emma Thompson USA, 2012, 1 hour 40 minutes

The Intouchables 12A

OCT Sat 6 6pm Mon 8 2pm Tue 9 11am

Based on an unlikely true story of the friendship between a quadriplegic millionaire and his street smart ex-con caretaker, this depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humour between two individuals who would seem to have nothing in common.

Director: Patricio Guzmán Starring: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez & Violeta Berrios Chile, 2010, 1 hour 34 minutes, subtitles

Magic Mike 15

A swaggering workplace comedy with echoes of The Full Monty, this starts as fun and grows steadily darker, but is still terrific entertainment with its raunchy male stripping routines and sideline in wry melancholia about the pleasures of the partying lifestyle.

Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer & Matt Bomer USA, 2012, 1 hour 50 minutes

In Your Hands

15

Anna, a workaholic surgeon living alone in Paris, is kidnapped by a man who blames her for the death of his wife. Told predominantly in flashback, this film intelligently explores the impact of loss and loneliness as the kidnapper and his victim act out a peculiar folie à deux.

Following on from Paine’s previous documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car?, this optimistic documentary goes behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the innovative California start-up Tesla Motors to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.

Director: Chris Paine USA, 2011, 1 hour 39 minutes

This screening is part of h.Energy - Sustainable Herefordshire Week, more details can be found at www.herefordshirenewleaf.org.uk/

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Sun 21 2.30pm Subtitles Mon 22 2.30pm Tue 23 11am & 2.30pm Wed 24 11am & 2.30pm Thu 25 11am & 2.30pm Fri 26 11am Sat 27 11am Sun 28 2.30pm

box office: 01432 340555 www.courtyard.org.uk

OCT Mon 22 6pm Tue 23 6pm Wed 24 6pm Thu 25 6pm

Directors: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache & Audrey Fleurot Starring: François Cluzet, & Omar Sy France, 2012, 1 hour 52 minutes, subtitles

The Sweeney 15 (TBC)

OCT Sat 6 8.30pm Mon 8 7.30pm Tue 9 8.30pm Wed 10 6pm

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There are plenty of fist fights, shoot-outs, car chases and random acts of police brutality as the team chase a gang of dodgy east European bank robbers around a striking series of London locations to a climactic foot chase through Trafalgar Square that plays like Heat meets Point Break.

Director: Nick Love Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Damian Lewis & Hayley Atwell UK, 2012, 1 hour 47 minutes

Samsara 12A

OCT

A beautiful, nonverbal documentary that illustrates how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet.

Astonishing imagery of natural wonders, sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and the dynamic score will sweep you along on a mystical journey.

Sun 7 7.30pm Tue 9 2.30pm Thu 11 11am

Director: Lola Doillon Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Pio Marmaï & Jean-Philippe Écoffey France, 2010, 1 hour 21 minutes, subtitles

Revenge of the Electric Car PG

Subtitles

Princess Merida lives a carefree existence which comes to an end when she’s told she must marry the chief of a rival clan.

Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Jean Gabin, Erich Von Stroheim & Pierre Fresnay France, 1937, 1 hour 53 minutes, subtitles

Nostalgia for The Light 12A

PG

OCT Mon 22 8.30pm Tue 23 8.30pm Wed 24 8.30pm Thu 25 8.30pm Screening supported by

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OCT Fri 26 6pm Mon 29 2pm Tue 30 11am & 6pm Wed 31 8.30pm

Director: Ron Fricke USA, 2012, 1 hours 39 minutes

OCT Mon 15 2pm & 7.45pm

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13th—21st October

Killing Them Softly 15 (TBC) Jackie is a sociopathic hitman investigating a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. With its cynical dialogue, nihilistic tone and occasional jet black humour, this is artfully crafted in an arresting and original way that is reminiscent of Drive.

Director: Andrew Dominik Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta & Richard Jenkins USA, 2012, 1 hour 44 minutes

OCT/NOV Fri 26 8.30pm Mon 29 7.30pm Tue 30 2.30pm & 8.30pm Wed 31 2.30pm & 6pm Thu 1 11am

In Your Hands

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AUG/SEPT

DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan STARRING: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway & Michael Caine USA, 2012, 2 hours 44 minutes

7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 11am

A fascinating portrait of singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte - an admirable man who has lived an incredible life. As well as his groundbreaking musical career, Belafonte put himself on the battle line of every major civil rights struggle against apartheid.

SEPT Mon 10 2pm Tue 11 2.30pm & 6pm

Director: Susanne Rostock Starring: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier & Paul Robeson USA, 2012, 1 hour 44 minutes

Tue 4 8.30pm Wed 5 2.30pm & 6pm

DIRECTOR: Reha Erdem STARRING: Sermet Yeşil, Türkü Turan & Serkan Keskin Turkey, 2010, 2 hours 2 minutes, subtitles

Fifteen-year-old Princess Caroline is married off to mad King Christian VII of Denmark, a petulant pea-brained ninny. The King's doctor is determined to create a better society using the king as a puppet but his affair with Caroline threatens to destroy them both and rip the country apart.

SEPT Tue 11 7.30pm Thu 13 7.30pm

Fri 7 11am Sat 8 7.30pm Sun 9 7.30pm Mon 10 7.30pm Tue 11 11am & 8.30pm

The Wedding Video 12A (TBC)

The makers of Calendar Girls give us their take on English society weddings in this hilarious mockumentary. A hapless best man comes up with the best gift he can think of for his pal and the bride and decides to capture their SEPT/OCT wedding on video. Naturally, it all goes a bit wrong.

Fri 14 2.30pm, 6pm & Mon 17 7.45pm Director: Nigel Cole 8.30pm Tue 18 11am & 8.30pm Starring: Lucy Punch, Miriam Margolyes & Sat 15 7.45pm Wed 19 8.30pm Harriet Walter Sun 16 2.30pm UK, 2012, Thu 20 8.30pm

Anna Karenina

PG (TBC)

Director of Atonement Joe Wright beautifully recreates 19th-century Russian high-society and re-imagines Tolstoy's epic love story.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, the aristocratic Anna looks for a better life but finds only a more complicated one.

Director: Joe Wright Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law & Matthew Macfadyen UK/France, 2012, 2 hours (tbc)

Director: Nikolaj Arcel Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander & Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Denmark, 2012, 2 hours 18 minutes, subtitles

SEPT

Taking a tour of some of the most wonderful picture houses in the world, this celebration of the magic of cinema is brought to life by former staff, industry experts and customers, one of whom recounts her first visit in 1917.

There will be a Q&A with director Tom Lawes on Tuesday 18 September.

Director: Thomas Lawes Starring: John Brockington, Les Castree & Paul Curtin UK, 2012, 1 hour 20 minutes

A Royal Affair 15

SEPT

The Last Projectionist 12A

Shadow Dancer 15 Fri 28 8.30pm Mon 1 7.30pm Tue 2 11am & 2.30pm

After a failed bomb attempt, Collette falls into the hands of an MI5 officer, Mac, who offers her a deal. She returns to Belfast where, betraying family and beliefs, she becomes a reluctant mole for British intelligence.

Director: James Marsh Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen & Gillian Anderson UK, 2012, 1 hour 36 minutes

SEPT Tue 18 6pm Wed 19 6pm

SEPT Fri 21 11am Sat 22 2.30pm & 8.15pm Sun 23 2.30pm Mon 24 7.30pm Tue 25 8.15pm Wed 26 2.30pm & 8.15pm Thu 27 2.30pm & 8.15pm

SEPT Sat 22 6pm Mon 24 2pm Tue 25 6pm Wed 26 11am & 6pm Thu 27 6pm

1 hours 40 minutes (tbc)

Dr Seuss’ The U Lorax

AUG/SEPT Fri 31 Sat 1 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5

7.30pm 2.45pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Dr Seuss’ environmental fable gets a suitably whimsical-looking animated treatment. With The Lorax, a pint-sized harbinger of environmental doom in tow, Ted, a boy living in a fantastical world goes on the search for a tree, but finds them all felled.

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Eight years after The Joker’s rampage and Batman’s exile, Gotham is at peace. Bruce Wayne hasn't recovered from the ordeal but he's forced back into the fight when the mysterious Selina enters his life and new threat Bane declares war on the city.

Arriving in a wintry city beset by constant war, the enigmatic Kosmos soon alienates the initially grateful locals once he takes up with the mother of the boy he saves. Is he a messiah? A faith healer? A visitor from another planet? An inspired fraud or a holy fool?

DIRECTOR: Magnus Martens STARRING: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal & Henrik Mestad Norway, 2012, 1 hour 30 minutes, subtitles

Fri 31 2.30pm Sat 1 2.30pm Mon 3 2.30pm

The Dark Knight Rises 12A

Kosmos

12A

Oscar wakes up terrified and bloody; a shotgun in hands, surrounded by eight bodies and with police detective Solor aiming a gun at him. This deliciously dark film based on a wickedly clever Jo Nesbø story is a funny and stylish pulp thriller full of twists and turns.

Your last chance to see everyone's favourite characters on the big screen this summer holidays. After their continent is set adrift Manny, Diego & Sid embark on another adventure with an iceberg as a ship. Along the way they encounter sea creatures, battle pirates and explore a new world.

Fri 31 Sat 1 Mon 3 Tue 4

DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Cortés STARRING: Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy & Toby Jones USA, 2012, 1 hour 59 minutes

Jackpot 15

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift u DIRECTORS: Steve Martino & Mike Thurmeier STARRING: (Voices of) Ray Romano, Queen Latifah & Denis Leary USA, 2012, 1 hour 40 minutes

Despite the warnings of his colleague, Dr Margaret Matheson, paranormal investigator Tom Buckley cannot resist applying their rigorous scientific methods to the showy antics of legendary blind spoon-bender Simon Silver who comes out of retirement for one last series of shows.

Sing Your Song 12A

AUG/SEPT

DIRECTOR: Chris Renaud STARRING: (Voices of) Zac Efron, Danny DeVito & Ed Helms USA, 2012, 1 hour 26 minutes

Subtitles

SEPT Sun 9 2.30pm

Subtitles

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 15

Six bourgeois French folk move through various aborted attempts to sit down for a meal while Bruñuel plays games with planes of reality throughout. Such is their absurdity, it’s impossible to distinguish between actual events and the dreams and anecdotes that punctuate them.

Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier & Stéphane Audran France/Italy/Spain, 1972, 1 hour 42 minutes, subtitles

SEPT Tue 18 2.30pm Thu 20 6pm

A Simple Life PG

A multiple award winner at festivals around the world, this gentle drama tells the charming, heartwarming tale of a detached single man who becomes the devoted carer of the servant who raised him.

Director: Ann Hui Starring: Andy Lau, Deanie Ip & Tsui Hark China, 2012, 1 hour 58 minutes, subtitles

SEPT/OCT Fri 28 6pm Mon 1 2pm Tue 2 8.30pm